"Director: Umberto Lenzi"

• The Tough Ones | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Umberto Lenzi, the legendary director of Cannibal Ferox, kicked off the Italian police film craze with this hyper-kinetic, ultra-violent, brain-blasting action thriller. Maurizio Merli stars as an Italian Dirty Harry, punching and shooting his way through the sleazy drug, sex, and crime infested cesspool of mid-'70s Rome, on the trail of a sadistic, machine gun-toting hunchback, played by Tomas Milian (Brother's Till We Die). Boasting a state-of-the-art 4K transfer of Lenzi˜s uncensored director's cut, the new edition of The Tough Ones includes an incredible slate of special features and a Grindhouse Version of the US Brutal Justice release.

• Oasis Of Fear | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Also known as Dirty Pictures this fabulously trippy sexploitation thriller from Umberto Lenzi (Paranoia Cannibal Ferox Nightmare City) is a lost classic long unavailable to fans of classy kinky flicks. Two young sexually free hippies Dick (Ray Lovelock) and Ingrid (Ornella Muti) finance their travels by selling naked snaps of Ingrid until their plan is brought to an abrupt end by the Police. Forced on the run the two seek refuge at a seemingly empty isolated large villa. As it turns out the house is inhabited by the middle-aged Barbara (Irene Papas) who invites them in for some potential three-way hanky-panky that soon locks them into something far more twisted and chilling! Set to a toe-tapping catchy pop score and filled with deliciously naked female flesh this is also an intriguingly dreamy giallo from the underrated Lenzi that chills into a suspense-ridden climax.

• Eyeball | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Released in 1975, EYEBALL might just be the late, great Umberto Lenzi's greatest giallo! Gruesome and gruelling, this torrid tale of a black gloved killer with a fetish for plucking out the peepers of his unlucky victims is a personal favourite of PULP FICTION genius Quentin Tarantino and it is easy to see why. Boasting plenty of bloodshed and some beautiful Catalonian locations, EYEBALL is a murder-mystery that stands up to the best of Mario Bava and Dario Argento and, with its messy arterial mayhem, even anticipates the later excess of such American slasher staples as FRIDAY THE 13TH! Dare you open your eyes to EYEBALL? This essential Italian terror totem is finally available in horrifying HD thanks to the body-count Kings at 88 Films Features: Brand New 2018 2K Transfer and Restoration with Extensive Colour Correction exclusive to this Release. DTS-HA MA Dual Mono English and Italian Soundtracks with newly translated English subtitles for the Italian track. ALL EYES ON LENZI: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE ITALIAN EXPLOITATION TITAN - Brand new feature length documentary (80 minutes) detailing the work and legacy of Rome's most prolific grindhouse nightmare-maker. Features never-before-seen interview footage with Umberto Lenzi himself and comments from critics John Martin,Manlio Gomarasca and Rachael Nisbet, academics Calum Waddell and Mikel Koven, actors Danilo Mattei and Giovanni Lombardo Radice and director and writer Scooter McCrae!! Eyeballs on Martin Brochard: 2018 Interview with Actress Martine Brochard Audio Commentary by the Gialli loving Podcast, The Hysteria Continues Eyeball Locations Featurette Trailers

• Almost Human | Blu Ray | (01/05/2017) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Almost Human aka Milan Odia: la polizia non puo sparare Guilio Sacchi (Tomas Milian) is a small-time hood disillusioned with the crime syndicate for which he works. Looking to make some big money fast, he and some friends kidnap the beautiful Marilù (Laura Belli), the daughter of a billionaire and demand 500 million Lira as ransom. However, hot on his heels is Inspector Grandi (Henry Silva) a hardened cop who only becomes more hell-bent on catching Guilio and his gang with each corpse he finds! Director Lenzi reflects on the Years of Lead in Italy, a time when terrorists caused chaos and police action was judged as deficient.

• Nightmare Beach (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/10/2018) from £16.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The late great Umberto Lenzi gave audiences some of the most notorious video nasties including his legendary gut-crunchers THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER (1972) and CANNIBAL FEROX (1981). However, the maestro of macabre, nightmare-making images was rightly most proud of his giallo classics - most famously represented by the colourful intrigue of SPASMO (1974) and the gruelling gore of EYEBALL (1975). For NIGHTMARE BEACH, released in 1988, Lenzi would claim that a troubled production process meant he took a 'backseat' role - although it is difficult not to notice his blood-splashed paw-print all over this terrifying tale of a madman in a motorcycle helmet who is taking out drunk and delicious young co-eds all over the sparkling sands of South Florida. As the body count creeps up, Miami detective John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) tries to keep ahead of the curve in this carnage-packed, late-day Lenzi gem that is only now gaining a belated British bow for horror-hungry addicts and completists of Italian trash-terror!

• Cannibal Ferox | Blu Ray | (20/04/2020) from £11.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A decade on from starting the cannibal genre, director Umberto Lenzi has the final word, pushing the vomit envelope beyond the sick with his utterly nasty, nihilistic apotheosis that is CANNIBAL FEROX. So unredeemable that its own makers denounced it as barbaric..! An academic, Gloria (Lorraine De Selle), journeys to the Amazon jungle where things go awry when her party encounters sadistic druggy villain Mike (Giovanni Lombardo Radice aka John Morghen), as the travellers venture further into the heart of darkness, they soon discover what it means to be the hunted prey. CANNIBAL FEROX aka 'Make Them Die Slowly', topped the official Video Nasty list for its raw graphic scenes of torture, mutilations, murder and cannibalism. This new 2K restoration of the film in full duration additionally features new grading which revives, for the 1st time, the original edgy look of the 16mm film stock it was shot on  finally presenting the film as it was first created by director Umberto Lenzi, on location in the Amazonian green inferno.

• Eyeball (DUAL FORMAT Blu-ray + DVD) (Special Packaging) | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Released in 1975, EYEBALL might just be the late, great Umberto Lenzi's greatest giallo! Gruesome and gruelling, this torrid tale of a black gloved killer with a fetish for plucking out the peepers of his unlucky victims is a personal favourite of PULP FICTION genius Quentin Tarantino and it is easy to see why. Boasting plenty of bloodshed and some beautiful Catalonian locations, EYEBALL is a murder-mystery that stands up to the best of Mario Bava and Dario Argento and, with its messy arterial mayhem, even anticipates the later excess of such American slasher staples as FRIDAY THE 13TH! Dare you open your eyes to EYEBALL? This essential Italian terror totem is finally available in horrifying HD thanks to the body-count Kings at 88 Films!

• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids | Blu Ray | (13/04/2020) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Six women are dead, murdered by a madman known as the Half-Moon Killer. Giulia Torresi (Uschi Glas The Gorilla of Soho; The Body in the Thames) came close to being victim number seven; while she recovers, her fiancé Mario (Antonio Sabàto, Grand Prix, Gang War in Milan) sets out to snare the psycho and realises that the murders might not be as random as the police think From master director Umberto Lezi (Eyeball, Spasmo) comes a prime slice of Giallo action, with a careful plot, tense set-pieces and outrageous violence the black gloved killer makes inventive use of power tools, lead piping and even a telephone. Now restored to its original bloody beauty and completely uncut 88 Films are proud to present the first ever UK release for one of Lenzi's most audacious movies. Extras: 2K Remastered Transfer from the Original Negative Remastered English Soundtrack Remastered Italian Soundtrack and newly translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Giallo experts, Troy Howarth and Nathanial Thompson Blood Flowers - An Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi Killed By Death - An Interview with Actress Gabriella Giorgelli

• Ironmaster (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (14/01/2019) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At the dawn of time, the discovery of the world s fi rst weapon unleashes primitive man s violent and cruel nature. After being exiled from his village, Ela (bodybuilder Sam Pasco in his only fi lm role), teams up with a group of fellow barbarians to help stop his power-hungry brother, Vood (George Eastman, Absurd), from his brutal quest for world domination. Experience the brutal evolution of mankind through the eyes of the notorious Umberto Lenzi, under the supervision of legendary producer Luciano Martino (Blastfi ghter), as he delivers a shocking, yet thoroughly entertaining, slice of B-movie fantasy. Ironmaster is presented in glorious HD for the fi rst time in the UK thanks to loin-clothed freaks at 88 Films! Extras: New Master Restored from the Original Camera Negative Working with the Masters: an interview with Antonello Gelleng and Giancarlo Ferrando Reversible Sleeve with original LA GUERRA DU FER artwork

• The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist | DVD | (05/12/2016) from £8.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Umberto Lenzi directs this action-packed Italian crime thriller. After escaping from prison, rising criminal Luigi 'Chinaman' Maietto (Tomas Milian) orders a hit on Inspector Tanzi (Maurizio Merli) who put him behind bars. Unfortunately for him, Tanzi survives and vows to do all he can to return Maietto to the prison where he belongs. But if he is to catch him, Tanzi must work outside the law when he denies his superior's request to go into hiding, instead preferring to catch Maietto himself.

• Free Hand For A Tough Cop (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/11/2021) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the notorious Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City) comes Free Hand for a Tough Cop, the film that introduced Tomas Milian's legendary ˜Monnezza' (A.K.A Garbage Can) to audiences around the world. When the critically ill daughter of a prominent family is kidnapped by a ruthless band of thugs, Inspector Sarti (Claudio Cassinelli, Suspected Death Of A Minor) is forced to bend the rules and oversees the prison break of Sergio 'Monnezza' Marazzi (Tomas Milian, Brothers Till We Die), a lowlife criminal with deep roots in the criminal underworld. The unlikely duo team-up in hopes of retrieving the girl and catching the infamous Brescianelli (Henry Silva, Almost Human), the crime boss behind the kidnapping, before time runs out. Finally making its UK debut, Fractured Visions is proud to present Free Hand for a Tough Cop, a much-loved Euro Crime classic that spawned other genre staples like Umberto Lenzi's Brothers Till We Die and Stelvio Massi's Destruction Force. It all started here!

• So Sweet... So Perverse - DELUXE COLLECTOR'S EDITION | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  So Sweet So Perverse (1969): Following the international success of Orgasmo, the second Umberto Lenzi/Carroll Baker collaboration is a kinky retelling of Diabolique featuring lush Paris locations, trippy flashbacks, a swinging score by Riz Ortolani (Cannibal Holocaust) and an all-star EuroCult cast that includes Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Great Silence,), Erika Blanc (Kill, Baby Kill!), Horst Frank (The Cat O' Nine Tails) and Helga Liné (Nightmare Castle). Executive produced by Sergio Martino (The Violent Professionals) from a screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi (2019 After The Fall Of New York), this full-blown classic giallo and one of Lenzi's best (B-Mania) is now fully restored in a new 2k scan from the original negative. Special Features New 2K Master from the Original 35mm Camera Negative High Definition (1080p) Presentation in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio LPCM English Soundtrack LPCM Italian Soundtrack with optional English Subtitles Audio Commentary By Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson Alternate Title Sequences Original Trailer Reversible Sleeve

• House of Lost Souls (Beyond Terror) | DVD | (14/12/2009) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  HOUSE OF LOST SOULS is part of a four-part movie series made for Italian television under the umbrella title House of Doom. Legendary Italian horror maestros Umberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci each contributed two films for the series: Lenzi made HOUSE OF LOST SOULS and HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT while Fulci offered HOUSE OF CLOCKS and SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS. Lenzi's first contribution to the series centres on a group of young geologists who spend the night in an abandoned hotel haunted by the previous landlord's murders of his family and all the hotel's guests. The bloody past come back to life with eerie occurrences like ghostly cries of pain the appearance of corpses and tarantulas and blood dripping from the ceiling. Soon the murders begin anew as the geologists are killed in bizarre and horrific ways including one unlucky fellow who loses his head in a washing machine. Full of extreme gore and graphic bloodletting HOUSE OF LOST SOULS reaffirms Lenzi's position as one of the kings of splatter films.

• Nightmare City | Blu Ray | (24/08/2015) from £12.91   |  Saving you £13.34 (114.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  NOW THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! THERE IS NO ESCAPE! Long before zombies took up jogging in 28 Days Later and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake they were brandishing axes and other sharp implements in Umberto Lenzi’s utterly insane radiation-sickness opus Nightmare City. In true Zombie Flesh Eaters form our story begins with the arrival of an ominous seemingly unmanned craft – in this instance a military plane making an unscheduled landing at a European airport. Upon forcing the aircraft doors open the waiting soldiers get a nasty shock when out bursts a horde of flesh-hungry pizza-faced radioactive ghouls. The walking dead are here and they’re hungry! Counting amongst its fans the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth Nightmare City (aka City of the Walking Dead) is a bonkers slice of Italian zombie carnage from the man who shocked the world with the notorious Cannibal Ferox. Special Edition Contents Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker Fangoria editor and Nightmare City super-fan Chris Alexander Brand new interview with director Umberto Lenzi Eli Roth on Nightmare City Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys Fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic John Martin

• The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Umberto Lenzi directs this action-packed Italian crime thriller. After escaping from prison, rising criminal Luigi 'Chinaman' Maietto (Tomas Milian) orders a hit on Inspector Tanzi (Maurizio Merli) who put him behind bars. Unfortunately for him, Tanzi survives and vows to do all he can to return Maietto to the prison where he belongs. But if he is to catch him, Tanzi must work outside the law when he denies his superior's request to go into hiding, instead preferring to catch Maietto himself.

• Deep River Savages | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fleeing from underworld justice a photojournalist takes to the jungle where he goes native and finds love. However this comes with a high price when he finds that he is living with natives who are not only prized for their women but also for their potential as food stock for the local cannibals!

• Spasmo | Blu Ray | (14/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the most controversial of all the Italian horror directors CANNIBAL FEROX man Umberto Lenzi comes SPASMO – a slick and sick psycho-thriller that stands tall as one of the giallo genre’s most colourful crime-capers. Starring a cast of Euro-shock veterans such as sexy Suzy Kendall (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) and the chiselled-chinned Ivan Rassimov (LAST CANNIBAL WORLD) Lenzi’s carefully paced and frequently surreal murder-mystery shows that he is about more than just the gore. A genuinely accomplished achievement with plot twists galore and a mind-boggling climax SPASMO is a must-see for anyone who misses the classic era of Rome-based bloodshed.

• Nightmare City | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a radioactve spill causes mass contamination thousands of infected citizens are transformed into bloodthirsty undead fiends. But these are not your standard stumbling gut-munchers; this is an all-out attack by fast-moving flesh-ripping ass-kicking maniacs that can only be stopped by a bullet to the brain... Get ready for an all-you-can-eat buffet of gunfire gore and gratuitous aerobics where zombies run chaos reigns and heads explode. This is Nighmare City!

• Man From Deep River (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  So shocking that to this day the British censors insist on culling some of the film’s use of live animal ‘performers’ THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER instigated the entire Italian cannibal movie trend. Indeed long before CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST attempted its own blend of bloodshed and authority-upsetting horror THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER was carving out an influential and important path of its own. Directed by Umberto Lenzi who later oversaw the arterial-gushing gore of CANNIBAL FEROX and EATEN ALIVE THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER introduces us to a British expat (essayed by genre veteran Ivan Rassimov) who gets into some bar-brawling trouble in Bangkok and flees to the Burmese border. Unfortunately once there he is captured by a primitive tribe who do not take too kindly to trespassers. On the plus side though at least he has the lovely tribal babe Me Me Lai (LAST CANNIBAL WORLD) to keep him company… but will their ‘forbidden’ love meet with further flesh-filleting fear? Filled with sicko-splatter sequences of torture and terror THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER was an original UK Video Nasty – and it returns to British shelves in sanguine-splashed HD for a very special 88 Films edition! Features: BRAND NEW HD Master Uncompressed LPCM English Soundtrack Uncompressed LPCM Italian Soundtrack with English Subtitles Reversible Sleeve with alternative art Includes a Collectible 300gsm Original Poster Post Card Booklet Notes by Calum Waddell

• Almost Human - Fan Edition | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Guilio Sacchi (Tomas Milian) is a small-time hood disillusioned with the crime syndicate for which he works. Looking to make some big money fast, he and some friends kidnap the beautiful Maril (Laura Belli), the daughter of a billionaire and demand 500 million Lira as ransom. However, hot on his heels is Inspector Grandi (Henry Silva) a hardened cop who only becomes more hell-bent on catching Guilio and his gang with each corpse he finds! Director Lenzi reflects on the Years of Lead in Italy, a time when terrorists caused chaos and police action was judged as deficient.Almost Human is one of Umberto Lenzi's (Cannibal Ferox, Oasis of Fear) best and most highly-regarded films, featuring a standout performance from Milian and score composed by Ennio Morricone. This Shameless Screen Entertainment release will be a must-have for all lovers of Euro-crime and polizieschi movies.Casey Scott at dvddrive-in.com describes it as one of the best Italian crime films ever made.